Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

macbethp Good film in many ways but even when I saw it back in the early 80's, I doubted that Alex would run joyfully towards his mother after months away from her. Anger "why didn't you come get me?" would be his reaction. In today's news: a 6 year old Guatemalan boy was reunited w/his father after 2 months. That poor little boy had no response, physical or emotional, to his crying dad.

edwagreen Superb. One of the best films I've seen in a very long time.Judd Hirsch and Kate Nelligan show what stuff good actors are made of by their outstanding performances as the police detective and mother of a kidnapped child. Their film chemistry is magnificent. They are ably supported by the late David Dukes, the estranged husband and father of the victim. Stockard Channing has a small but pivotal role as the friend who doesn't want this apparent tragedy to totally consume Nelligan. With those eyes of hers, she looks suspicious, not well-meaning.The film pulls out all emotional stops and shows an engaging media, parent groups willing to help with posters and a terrific police department. As time goes on, interest in the case sizzles and is closed when a suspect, a cleaning man for the family, is arrested.This film provides some intellectual taste as both Dukes and Nelligan are college professor, the former the head of the English Department, and she a member of the department at Columbia University.This is definitely riveting drama at its best. The viewer is in for an emotional ride. As stated, Hirsch is terrific here as he lets his emotions run wild with him.By the way, in these kind of cases, all leads must be pursued.

padbrown Just wanted to note that this was shot partly on location in Bridgeport, CT (my hometown). Not many others can claim the same. The only other I can think of is (Westport, CT, resident) Paul Newman's "The Effect of Radiation on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068528/), which starred Paul's wife, Joanne Woodward. This one has to be better than that one, even though I only saw parts while surfing channels. Even though I didn't see the whole thing, the ending did get me pretty misty. As for the Bridgeport parts, they picked the grittiest-looking section of the city in which to shoot...not that there are many pretty parts of the city these days.

dmorris1006 This has to be my all time favourite weepie, I've even had to buy a second copy of the video because the original is so worn out, I really enjoy watching this even though my children think I'm mad when I sit there crying my eyes out from half way through the film right to the end and when its finished say "I really enjoyed watching that" am I on my own here!!You can really feel for the characters and having children of my own really make you think twice about letting them out on their own. I read the book back in nineteen eighty something and even that made me cry, I have managed to get another copy of this book from America as it is out of print here in Britain, it brings back a lot of memories of the first time I read it when my children were very young. I just wish every real life story had a happy ending like this did